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# 16 U.S.C. § 721 - Short title; “person” defined

## Text

This chapter may be cited as “The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Act.” The term “person” as used therein includes an individual, partnership, association, or corporation.

(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652; Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is a combination provision, the first sentence being derived from section 1 and the last from section 12, of act June 7, 1924.

Amendments1998—Pub. L. 105–312 substituted “National Wildlife” for “Wild Life”.